Valentine’s or Anytime: 5 Creative Date Ideas
Do you and your husband have date nights on a regular basis? I hope so! I believe it is important to prioritize intentional time together, to continue to cultivate a growing relationship and to deepen intimacy. As followers of Christ,…
Whose Move Is It Anyway?: How to Proceed in Decision-Making When You and Your Spouse Donโt See Eye to Eye
My husband and I had three days to look at 30+ houses, visit three different schools, and decide where we wanted our young family to live. Itโs no wonder I developed a migraine. These were not easy decisions! We were…
3 Marriage Lessons From Mary and Josephโs Example
When I was a teenager, I got to play the role of Mary in my churchโs Christmas musical. My mother will tell you that itโs because I was a good actress, but Iโll tell you that I got the role…
4 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude in Your Marriage
The people we live with have a tendency to be the people we most take for granted, donโt they? We get so accustomed to each other. We have routines that can turn into ruts without our realizing it. We sometimes…
Be Strong and Courageous in Marriage
We were a thousand feet above solid ground, and the people around me wanted to basically clip me to a clothesline, give me a push, and tell me to enjoy the ride. Oh yeah, and โDonโt forget to look down!โ,…
Fighting Fairly with Your Spouse
โFight.โ โDisagree.โ โDiscuss.โ Call it whatever you want, but if youโre married, it happens. And thatโs okay! Iโm not saying we should unleash our anger and let careless words fly whenever we feel like it. We can, in fact, still…
True Love (As Seen on TV)
When I was a kid, I had a crush on John Schneider (โBo Dukeโ) and Henry Winkler (โFonzieโ). In my teenage years, I had a crush on Michael J. Fox, Kirk Cameron, and later, Andre Agassi. Iโm sure there were…
Making Marriage a Priority When You Have School-Aged Children
Remember when you were newlyweds and just couldnโt get enough of each other? Spending time together was never a question; the question was more What else would we do BESIDES spend time together?! But as so many of us have…
Not According to Plan
It was the first time in my then-nine years of motherhood that all of my children were to have ongoing scheduled activities, of which I was not to be a part. Honestly, this was pretty exciting to me. Now that…
On Handling Conflict
My husband and I donโt have a lot of disagreements. And when we do disagree, weโre not loud about it. There was a particular time several years ago when we were having an argument in the kitchen, and our children…
